Improvement in clothes-hack



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fil, kyk/Maf NJETERS, PHOTo-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C To 'all whom 'it may concern nitrite d i gtr-atea @wat @Willink CHARLES HJWoLooTT, or JAMEsroWN, NEW-YORK.4

y 'Letters .Patent No. 106,102, dated .August 2, 1870.

` The Schedule referredto in 'lhasa Letters PatentA and part of the same .Bc it known that I, CHARLES H. Wonootrr, of

Jamestown, inthe county of Chautauqua. and in the State` of N ew York, have invented certain new and' usei'ul Improvements in Clothes-Racks; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aecom- Hpanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked tl1ereon,making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention 'consists in the'com -struetion and Varralrqement of a folding clothesrack, as will be hereinafter fully set forth'.

ln'order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention 'appertains to mal'e and use the same,

lwilifnow proceed to descn'bets construction and operation, referring to ther annexed `dl'awing, -in whichi Figure 1 is aside vie-w, and i s Figure. 2, a plan view yof' my improved clothesrack. i Figure 3 is a. view of the haelt. i A represents a: board, of any-suitable dimensions, forming the back of my clothes-rack. v

This back is suspended from'v anaii in the wall, passing through a hole in the center, near its upper edge, and kept from` moving s'dewise by--means of another. nail.- passingthrough the center, near its lower edge. i v

At a suitable point on the ,front side of' the back A is hinged a shelf, B, which, when turned down horizontally, rests upon a bracket, C,att-ached,to the back.

VOn the. upper side ofthe shelf B is `pivoted a number of' bars or arms, D D.

The inner pivoted ends of these'bars are arranged on the shelf in Vsh'ape, as shown Ain fig. 2,v so that they can he spread outward-f'rom the center each way.

When closed or `folded together, these bars are turned up withtlle shelf B, and the shelf fastened to the back A by means ofa hook, E.

The upper edge of 'the hack A is formed, as shown in iig. 3, so asto fit the bars D D when closed. 'Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv g -The combination of th'e back A, shelf B, bracket C, and bars or arms D D, all constructed and arranged as shown and described.. In testimony that I claim the foregoing, 'I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of July, 1870.

` CHARLES H. WOLOOTT.

'\Vitnesses:

r CHAs.- E. PARKS, D. K. COLE. 

